Chapter Eighty – Another Wolf.
Rihanna’s POV
We were at the border of my pack. A slave, who was trying to deploy to my pack, was found, gullet and limbs out, it was disgusting.
The claws marks on him belonged to the Lycan and he was pinned to the trees. That Lycan dared to hurt a werewolf. He was truly mad.
Dara jumped down from the rock. “No sign of Lycan or Black Hills warriors. I believe we aren’t waiting for the latter, are we?”
I smiled at her pouty face. “Having an extra hand isn’t too bad but I doubt Chris will let his warriors stop by here.”
Dara smiled broadly. “Good, I don’t even want to see them. Apart from your brother, all of them could go to hell.” She jumped on the rock again.
Camilla glanced at her momentarily before looking down again, she shifted her chess piece. Beatrice did the same.
I exhaled, then inhaled the clear fresh air around the place. “Do you guys sometimes miss when we were free?”
I closed my eyes savoring the moment. “When you could sneak in anywhere, hide in shadows, be reckless. I feel having a pack limits that.”
Beatrice smiled, moving another chess piece. She seemed to have gotten Camilla’s piece as Camilla frowned.
“Well, I still move around whenever I like so, it’s not anything to me.” Dara shrugged.
“You do? Lead Warrior position is that fun? Camilla tsked. “I don’t move around and I do miss it.”
I smiled painfully. Living freely and being a rogue was more of a dream than being Alpha. But it wasn’t peaceful.
Not having to hide my face when making threats because Your Silver should be a man. “And now I think of it, the name Your Silver is lowly dying.”
Beatrice glanced at me and then at Dara. “Is that a bad thing? I mean, I was Red Moon huntress but now Silver Pack Beta. That’s change.”
“Yeah, only that it took you three years, you increased rank and all to achieve that. But my name changed in few days.” I sulked.
Beatrice laughed. “Well then it wasn’t change but we still call you Your Silver. Manage that.”
Camilla suddenly howled. “Ha! I won!” she jumped from her seat and began dancing.
Beatrice had a done face while gazing at the chess board, she rolled her eyes afterwards.
“Yayy! We both won you Beatrice. You owe us new boots! Expensive boots!” Dara cheered, swirling a horsetail in the air.
I stared at it for a while, that was different from the one I saw with her during the early days of Silver Pack. Was she hoarding horse tails now?
“What do you use horse tail for exactly?” I cut her short. She pulled her hands down and hid it behind her. “I don’t know, it’s cool.”
She had the ‘don’t judge me face’.
I looked away. The one person I knew who liked horsetails was Sasha and because of that, I hated horsetails. But if Dara liked it, it was cool.
I picked up paw steps from far off. Whoever was running in full force. Perhaps from something.
My ears perked as I stood up. “North, half a mile off. Someone is in danger and is running towards us!” I alarmed the girls, leaving my seat.
Beatrice started to run there and Camilla followed. Dara tried to join them but I held her back. “Stay here, watch the chess board.”
She threw her hands in the air as I ran with the rest. “Really!” I ignored her and caught up with Camilla and Beatrice.
The paw steps stopped and I feared the worst had happened. We got there few seconds later.
A wolf was ahead, lying motionless. I stooped to it and found it’s gullet was taken off. The blood was still warm, it just happened.
“Argghh!” I growled. “Logan, show yourself instead of hurting these poor people. You want to challenge? Show yourself!”
Beatrice looked away, her eyes being cloudy. She was sensitive as the wolf was young, it must remind her of her son.
“Alpha, the claws marks on this one. It’s different from the one on the slave earlier.” Camilla said.
I turned to her, my hands on waist. “What does it look like?”
“A normal wolf’s. This wolf had scratched thrice to take the gullet out. A Lycan will do it in one swoop.” She pointed out.
I noticed the pattern. And it seemed this victim had tried to fight back. He wouldn’t dare if it was a Lycan.
So was there another deranged wolf killing wolfs?
“If that’s so, then I can find him.” Beatrice offered. I nodded. That wolf wouldn’t be escaping.
“Camilla, return with the body. Stay with Dara. We will be back!” I ordered. I didn’t wait for her reply and sped off, Beatrice followed.
My eyes changed to red orange as I looked around for any energy around us. A panting wolf came to my ears. They were two.
I cornered towards them, pointing towards the Boots and Rivers Market so Beatrice will know where to go.
“They are rogues!” I barked as I sighted two rough looking wolfs, dancing around.
Beatrice barked at them, I saw she had shifted. Before they could run off, she pounced on the closest one, trying to choke him.
He must have been the killer as he had blood on him. The other wolf looked in horror, not attempting to run off.
It whimpered as it’s partner fought Beatrice. I took steady steps towards it. It’s eyes met mine and it ran back, and slowly shifted.
My lips rose to a smirk seeing it was a female and I knew her. The daughter of a rogue wolf that almost killed me while I was Your Silver.
I had sworn to him to end him when I was stronger but he was killed by Black Rose before I could fulfill my promise.
The wolf that killed him was the Black Rose Alpha which I thought was Jake Justin. The man’s wife, had then moved to a different forest.
“So you are back, Mi Vida.” I taunted. “I missed you. And I’m very touched the first thing you did on arriving, is bothering me.”
I spread my legs apart, my claws shot out. “I assume you want my attention, you have it.”
She was glancing at the direction Beatrice and her partner ran to. “That’s my mate. Don’t you dare kill him!”
That didn’t faze me, a mate was always dispensable. If she was worth it, she’d get another, if she survived.
“That’s nice. My Beta is about to leave you mateless and I’m about to leave you… dead.” I cocked my head.
She snarled, charging at me. Her energy went to her eyes and they glowed. She was drawing strength to fight for her mate? How cute.
With her eyes color, I was aware she had broken Delta rank. Sadly, I was still in higher Beta rank so she should be a challenge.
Chapter Eighty-One – Wild Fire.
Rihanna’s POV
Mi Vida was a disappointment but then I was the one who expected more. I had dodged her attacks effortlessly.
A frown was on my face as I met her horrid gaze. “You’re still slow?”
A frown appeared on her face as well, and she charged at me again. Her swipes at me were easily to avoid and her kicks were low.
I head butted her and tore through her stomach. She fell on her back and I stepped on her face.
“I want you to know I’m delighted to do this.”
My leg crushed on her face, her cries and struggling only fueled my anger and pleasure seeing her beg.
Her eyes’ glow died down as her screams did the same but suddenly Beatrice rushed to me, pulling me away from her.
Unknowingly, I shoved her hands away and my claws dug into her arm.
Mi Vida was passing out but when she saw the accident, she smiled. I kicked her face and barked. “What is it Beatrice?”
My Beta looked down. “I’m sorry, but when I killed the male wolf, he said a Lycan will avenge him. They seem to be working for the Lycan.”
My head shifted to Mi Vida, she closed her eyes but a slap from me shot them open again.
I dragged her from the ground. “You are working for the Lycan? You are that dumb?”
“Why can’t I? Are you scared that I will get some power from him?” she cackled softly, her teeth was stained with blood.
I dropped her on the floor. Her head fell to the ground and her eyes dimmed, she groaned but it turned to screams when my boot met her head.
“They’re many of Mi Vida’s warriors. And they will be loyal. The Lycan had promised some kind of power. It’s shit.” I told Beatrice.
She nodded, holding into her arm.
“Sorry.” I apologized about the injury.
She shrugged. “It’s alright. I think we should get a new port for these slaves since the Lycan and rogues are targeting here.”
My wolf reminded me of Alpha Jaden’s proposal to keep them. I smiled, “I know somewhere.”
With my heel still on Mi Vida’s face, I pressed it down, feeling satisfied with the crushing sound.
Beatrice smirked, seeing her smashed face. “I’d give anything to be the one to kill her, she bullied me that year.”
“You could have done it if you asked. She wasn’t all that fun.” I took my leg off and wiped the blood with the grass on the floor.
Her corpse was in the forest and not around my pack so I left it by, they’d be manure to the grass, they’d be useful.
“I’d need to visit Black Rose.” I told Beatrice. “Alpha Jaden needs to be aware of Logan trying to attack him. Also, he offered something.”
“What?”
“To house slaves till my border is protected. I’d take the offer, I’m hurt that innocents are being killed because of my mistake.” I replied.
Dara was standing on the rock when we cornered towards her. She came down and ran to us. Her forehead creased.
“The rogue did this?” she referred to the injury on Beatrice’s arm.
“I did, accidentally. And you won’t believe who the rogue was? Mi Vida and family. She even got a mate. Tsk.” I huffed.
My fists clenched, thinking of her words on the Lycan promising them power.
Was his plan to defeat me and hand my pack to rogues? “He really was sick. In the head.”
Mi Vida’s family will always resent me because I left the rogue life and became an Alpha, a feat they had never thought of.
Also when Mi Vida’s father was being a jerk who treated the female rogues like sex toys, I helped rescue them and they rebelled.
Some of them returned to their packs and some joined mine, that was actually the beginning of the hatred between her father and I.
Reminiscing on those days made me realize how caged being under a pack was.
And being under Chris I resented strongly for years. I didn’t anticipate taking that route but I did it for the girls to have an identity.
They were happy so I believe I achieved something. And it was good to tame wild fires.
Wild fires like Your Silver. The world shouldn’t be my playground, yet.
“Alpha Jaden sent a letter that Black Hills’ warriors stopped by his pack. They’re avoiding us when we were closer.” Camilla reported.
They should avoid us, I didn’t want a spy sneaking in without me knowing, not as everything was this rowdy.
“I’d head there now. Beatrice tend to your injury. Camilla stay here with Dara…”
“I don’t need a babysitter, I can handle anything that comes alone.” Dara interrupted, whining.
She folded her arms in a stubborn manner and it made Camilla roll her eyes.
“Dara, please, this is a Lycan we are dealing with. He might decided to patrol and we didn’t leave a very nice gift for him. Let Camilla stay.”
After those words, I shifted to my wolf and began making small runs towards Black Rose.
I tried to disconnect from reality as my wolf was in control but she didn’t met me.
“Is there something wrong?” I asked, annoyed I wasn’t able to cut off from everything.
“Something is wrong.” She admitted.
“What now?”
She started. “It’s been too long. I easily broke Delta rank, even Beta rank wasn’t a hassle but Alpha rank is taking too long.”
My heart fell hearing her say that. Was it my fault? I trained hard and got an injury or two pushing myself past limits.
“No, it’s not your fault.” She said, sensing my worries. “And I don’t think it’s mine. However, with this Lycan around, we need to break it.”
I nodded in agreement. “Only how do we?” all training I know had been done. Did I need a coach?
“You know they are two ways to get this rank, right?” she smirked. “More even, if we add sorcery.”
Why were we talking of sorcery? “Using sorcery to get Alpha rank? You’re nuts finally, eh?”
“Hear me out. Not sorcery, that’ll backfire. But killing an Alpha. We killed Beta Gaius but he wasn’t enough to break Alpha.” She replied.
“I believe in BREAKING ranks not GETTING it. Also being Alpha by taking it usually comes with rage, that I didn’t want.” I said.
She was quiet, increasing her speed and skipping tree stumps.
“But if we want to, who do you suggest?”
“Red Moon Alpha, Blue Fire Alpha, Blue Bloom Alpha, Chris.” She listed.
“I’d need reasons to kill them. Red Moon won’t be crossing my path ever. The Blues are too weak to touch me. Chris…” His death can only be sure when I’m Alpha, not after.
“Then let our mate teach us. We mustn’t tell him we are trying to break rank but just a simple duel.” She sounded excited suggesting that.
“I knew it. Since we felt those tingles, your head shifted and you’ve been looking for a way to get us touching skin.” I mentally face palmed.
She chuckled. “Do you blame me?”
Actually, I didn’t. I supported her, strangely.